The Hill: Trump’s ‘treason’ talk is unprecedented, un-American Posted on February 14, 2018 Democracy Amendments As a piece in The Hill today noted, President Trump recently suggested congressional Democrats were guilty of “treason” for failing to applaud his State of the Union speech. As he put it, “Can we call that treason? Why not?” Here’s why not: The Constitution specifically defines treason, and failing to applaud the president isn’t treason—not by a longRead More
Trump Officials Are Exploring Mass Arrests of US Mayors Posted on January 30, 2018 Impeachment Trump administration officials are openly floating the idea of mass arrests of mayors of sanctuary cities. Two different high-ranking officials discussed this on national television in January alone. On January 16, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee that, at her department’s request, federal prosecutors are “reviewing what avenues might be available” to arrestRead More
On the anniversary of the Presidential Inauguration, we continue the campaign for an impeachment investigation of President Trump Posted on January 20, 2018 Impeachment On this day last year, Free Speech For People, with RootsAction, launched the campaign, Impeach Donald Trump Now, calling for an impeachment investigation to be launched by Congress into the violations of the Domestic and Foreign Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution by Donald Trump. Since the launch of the campaign, we have expanded theRead More
John Bonifaz on Democracy Now! “Constitutional Expert Says Move to Impeach Trump Can Proceed Without Derailing FBI’s Criminal Probe” Posted on December 1, 2017 (November 29, 2018) Impeachment Our Co-Founder and President John Bonifaz speaks with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! to discuss the latest impeachment campaign developments and why we must proceed alongside the FBI’s investigation.Read More